It’s a brisk day in Johannesburg, a tiny mining town tucked among the Rand Mountains in the Mojave Desert. The landscape ... Those curious holes are abandoned mines, and they’re driving ...

located in California's Mojave Desert - after realizing there are pockets along the ground that could potentially lead to boatloads of cash. The holes, or abandoned mines, are sparking a real ...

across the Mojave Desert, the site goes unnoticed, between a few Joshua trees, past the California state line. Five years ago, the Mountain Pass mine was bankrupt and abandoned, with only eight ...

On a drive through the Mojave and Death Valley, T+L discovers abandoned mining towns ... it occurred to me that the principal allure of the desert is that nothing quite normal survives there.

Mine shafts in the Randsburg Mining District in ... a tiny mining town tucked among the Rand Mountains in the Mojave Desert. The landscape is vast and rugged, a mish-mash of rock, dirt and ...

Mine shafts in the Randsburg Mining District in Johannesburg, Calif., where gold was discovered in 1895. It's a brisk day in Johannesburg, a tiny mining town tucked among the Rand Mountains in the ...